Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

About the Role

Senior Quality Assurance Engineer who will own product and process quality from new product introduction through serial production for tight-tolerance precision machined components and engineered assemblies. As a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer you will drive total quality, statistical rigor into manufacturing processes, eliminates variation at the source, and hold internal work cells to standard. The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer embeds on the shop floor as a daily resource to machinists, cell leads, and assemblers. This role maintains full ownership of quality planning, measurement systems, SPC, nonconformance disposition, and customer and regulatory compliance. The role partners directly with Engineering, Operations, Program Management, and Supply Chain and reports to Quality Department leadership.

Essential Functions

Quality Planning & New Product Introduction

• Author Control Plans, Inspection Plans, and PFMEAs aligned to APQP.
• Build CTQ matrices and requirements of traceability from customer drawing and specification through routing operations, in-process checks, final inspection, and PPAP/FAI deliverables.
• Lead First Article Inspection per AS9102 and collaboratively support/lead PPAP submissions; resolve rejections and drive resubmittal closure.
• Translate GD&T per ASME Y14.5 into measurement strategy, datum schemes, and gaging selection.
• Execute Test Method Validation (TMV) for inspection and functional test methods, including IQ/OQ/PQ where required, with documented acceptance criteria and statistical justification.

Quality Management System

• Responsible for conforming with the company's quality management system requirements, as well as contributing to its overall effectiveness and the ultimate goals of customer satisfaction, product compliance, and ethical practices.

Required Experience / Skills / Education

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, or Materials Engineering. Equivalent technical discipline considered.
• 5+ years in a precision CNC machining environment producing components with tolerances at or below 0.0002 in (5 m) and surface finishes 8 Ra in.
• Direct exposure to Swiss turning, multi-axis milling, micro-machining, EDM, or grinding.
• Demonstrated work in regulated environments: AS9100, ISO 13485, FDA-regulated medical device manufacturing, or aerospace/defense prime supply chains.
• Direct floor-facing experience: Tier meeting cadence, QRQC deployment, operator coaching, and real-time line support.
• Fluency in GD&T per ASME Y14.5. Certification at Technologist or Senior level preferred.
• Documented MSA, Gage R&R, TMV, SPC, and capability study work product.
• Minitab or other statistical analysis proficiency.
• Command of PFMEA, Control Plans, FAI/PPAP, 8D, and CAPA.
• Six Sigma Black Belt advantageous.
• Values treating people well, has an empathetic approach and mindset, is ambitious and strives for personal and collective excellence, supports diversity and inclusion, and has a positive outlook and attitude.